International Classification of Primary Care
Author | WONCA International Classification Committee | |
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Language | ISBN 9781032053394 | |
The International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) is a classification method for primary care encounters. The ICPC-3 strives to be a person centered classification for Primary Care, building on the foundations of the ICPC-2. It includes references to existing international standards such as ICD-10, ICD-11, ICF as well as SNOMED CT clinical terminology. It provides a framework for documenting and organizing clinical data from primary care patient contacts.
The ICPC-3 includes codes for the four key elements of healthcare encounters:
- the reason for the encounter (RFE);
- the diagnosis and/or health problem;
- functioning (i.e. information about activities/participation, physiological functions and about personal and environmental factors related to the health problem);
- processes of care.
History
The ICPC was developed by the
The classification was developed in a context of increasing demand for quality information on primary care as part of growing worldwide attention to global
The first version of ICPC, which was published in 1987, is referred to as ICPC-1. A subsequent revision which was published in the 1993 publication The International Classification of Primary Care in the European Community: With a Multi-Language Layer is known as ICPC-E.
The 1998 publication, of version 2, is referred to as ICPC-2. The acronym ICPC-2-E, refers to a revised electronic version, which was released in 2000.
The ICPC-3 Project[4] started January 2018 and published the ICPC-3 in 2020. ICPC-3 supports coding of reason(s) for encounter, symptoms and complaints, diagnoses, health problems, functioning, environmental factors, personal factors related to health and processes of care, all within one classification.
Browsers
The following versions of the ICPC are available at the ICPC-3 Website [1]:
- ICPC-1e (version 1.0)
- ICPC-2e (version 7.0)
- ICPC-3 (International 2024 version)
- ICPC-3 (Portuguese 2024 version)
See also
- Classifications
- Medical classification
- Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System (ATC classification for drugs)
- Classification of Pharmaco-Therapeutic Referrals (CPR)
- International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
- International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems(ICD)
- ICPC-2 PLUS
- Health care
- Family practice
- General practice / General practitioner
- Primary care
- Primary health care
- Referral (medicine)
- Health informatics
- Electronic health record
- International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee on Health Informatics
- World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA)
- WONCA International Classification Committee(WICC)
References
- ^ World Health Organization. International Classification of Primary Care, Second edition (ICPC-2). Geneva. Accessed 24 June 2011.
- ^ https://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/News/WICCnewsICPC-3launchonDecember15.aspx
- ^ Bentsen BG. "International classification of primary care." Scand J Prim Health Care. 1986 Feb;4(1):43-50.
- ^ https://icpc-3.info